Major League Baseball's A-listers won 2012 GIBBYs trophies -- the ultimate honors of baseball's awards season -- based on votes by media, front-office personnel, MLB
alumni, fans at MLB.com and the Society for American Baseball Research.

This year's GIBBY Awards featured nominees in 21 categories. Individual honors went to the MLB MVP, in addition to the year's best starting pitcher, hitter, closer,
rookie, breakout hitter, breakout pitcher, defensive player, manager and executive.

GIBBY trophies were also awarded for the year's top play, storyline, hitting performance, oddity, walk-off, Cut4 topic and postseason moment, from MLB.com's Must C
highlight reels.

Posey, who won the Baseball Writers' Association of America National League MVP Award, overcame extensive left leg injuries sustained in a May 2011 home-plate
collision. He hit an NL-high .336 during the regular season, garnished by 24 home runs and 103 RBIs. Of his three postseason homers, two were especially crucial: A
grand slam in Game 5 of the NL Division Series at Cincinnati, and a two-run drive in Game 4 of the World Series at Detroit. Posey also was nominated in the Best Hitter
and Postseason MVP categories.

Romo's 1.79 regular-season ERA was the fourth best among NL relievers. He also distinguished himself by limiting opponents to a .176 average (9-for-51) with runners in
scoring position, allowing nine of 43 inherited runners to score (20.9 percent), yielding two extra-base hits in 54 at-bats against left-handed batters and holding
opponents to a .185 average overall. In the postseason, Romo surrendered one run in 10 2/3 innings spanning 10 outings. He saved four games, including three in the
World Series. Like Posey, Romo was a postseason MVP nominee.

Sandoval earned World Series MVP honors by batting .500, a performance that featured a record-tying three homers in Game 1. He struck two of those homers off Detroit
ace Justin Verlander. Sandoval homered in each of his first three at-bats in that game, which also garnered him a nomination in the Top Postseason Moments category.
With 24 hits this October, Sandoval became the franchise's leader for hits in a single postseason and finished one shy of the all-time record.

Cain's 10-0 decision over Houston on June 13 represented the 22nd perfect game in history and the first in the Giants' 129-year existence. It was the 14th no-hitter in
franchise annals and the sixth since the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958, following Juan Marichal ('63), Gaylord Perry ('68), Ed Halicki ('75), John Montefusco
('76) and Jonathan Sanchez (2009). Cain struck out 14 Astros, matching the record Sandy Koufax established against the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 9, 1965, for most in a
perfect game. Cain threw 125 pitches to complete his gem.

Cain, 16-5 with a 2.79 ERA during the regular season, also was a top starting pitcher nominee.

Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.